Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-21

every new Ieyef3uOH - tne 8oOu VI tLA< ~ nA'si
race. A little boy Of six summers stood on
the platform Of railroad station, held By III.
hand of his mother, ~ q monstFOas train
|oa which his father was engineer. went thun-
Herring BY The boy was thrilled BY excite
|ment and cried ont, oh, mother. why did not
[God have steam beforefr The mother re-
piled, Il do not know The boy Thought q
moment as the train controlled Sy the hand
IF man sped on its way, II guess, mother,
The let us have it as soon az we knew enough
to take care of il. =
Intuitive wisdom is early planted in the
human mind, which often times battles more
mature experience. Other improvement
will come for the welfare of Gods people as
soon as we know enough 10 take care of thenJ
and use them wisely. The agricultural world
had existed. did its particular work and pros
pered. but not until twenty ago dill there ap-1
pear the necessity of grand secret organiza 4
ton of the farmers of this nation. TO bes
brought together by corporation. association 4
organization. aud united by the strong ties Off
agriculture for common security, defenceS
and advancement. The utility and peri
manency of such an organization rests upon}
its past triumphs. and its great possibilities in
the future. You have planted the banner of
the Grange in nearly every agricultural town
in the State, and have erected and dedicated
many splendid as4d useful halls in the inter
est of our beloved Order and these are your
own 'shomes." Guard them with fidelity.
The INFLUENCE OF THE GRANGE
has done more to destroy sectional feeling
and prejudice bstween the different sections
of the nation than any other agency. Ii hasI
been aggressive and decided on all those pub
lie questions in which the farmers are inter
.sted. Ii has always been active and infiu-
initial in favor of the passage by Congress,
If the interstate commerce law, which would
secure to the great public, however situated
low rates of fare and the same equal Justice i
= II has favored and pressed to its final enact1
nent the national oleomargarne law in thel
interest of honest butter and the great dairy
reproductions of the country. Ii has and conf
tinues to advocate the elevation of the com
missioner of agriculture to a seat in the cabi
net of the President IL believes in such a
tariff for revenue as will give to the farmer
&protecton to the raw material produced in
this country against foreign importations.
: 1t asserts - that the prosperity of the nation
is in proportion to the value of its produc
tions. and that the art of agriculture is the
: parent and precursor of all arts, and its prof.
iucts the foundation of all wealth" Conse-
], matte course of farming. 1t has been unan-
imously in favor of the State agricultural
colleges, universal, popular education, and
+ the rights of man. THE declaration of purI
poses" adopted by the Patrons of Husband
Try, is the Grange platform. 1t is so com
Hplete and so fully sets forth the principles of
|3the order, that it is only necessary to read
l1and study its words to become impressed
with its power and usefulness in the Ameri-
/ can farmer.
WHAT THE STATE DOES FOR AGRICULTURE.
Our legislature has been wisely liberal to all
.of our demands. We should be grateful for
the generous appropriations of the public
funds which have been made for our State
and County Agricultural Fairs, for the Board
of Agriculture and Farmers Institutes for
the encouragement of raising choice cattle,
k for the prevention of contagious diseases
among our cattle, for our State Agricultural
i3College, and for several other farming in
Hterests which now each year aggregate $50,
l60O0. The people have properly elected to our
4leglslature just proportion of farmers and in
-Four town and county municipal management
1.-THE farmer often times appears at the front.
In the present condition of public affairs we
10 not need farmers political party for we
( can exercise adequate independence when
1--WE fail of proper recognition, and when we
4hands. | would recommend that the farmers
in their own political parties continue to
nominate and elect from their own class
Gsuch numerical strength of representatives
and senators, and other officers as will pro-
L tcct the farming interests of the State b,
B equallzing the burden Of taxation, and by
Votes and influence aid in directing public
policy in the interests of that integrity which
act altogether the ballot box is in our ow,
can never be corrupted by money, corporal,
nor class influence or political patronage.
SPEAK WELL OF MAINE.
n Speak well of the noble State of Maine :
said the Ex-Governor" with its Ga 900 farms
owned and titled by the farmers who occu
Hpy them. Speak well of the State of Maine
which produces one and half million
ions of hay, which is the substantial crop oi
agriculture nine million bushels of corn
as much any state in the Union: eight
million bushels of potatoes, standing tn,
eighth state in rank in this crop; oats tabu-
late two and one half million bushels Dair,
products show fourteen and one-half million
pounds of butter and nearly two millio
pounds of cheese All these productions ar,
aconstantly increasing. We stand at the hea
of the list of crops of all productions OF +.
our granite quarries exceeds any other STATE
in the Union, and our granite is found il
many of the public and private building,
all over this country, bringing in a revenue
Not millions of dollars. Our ice crop is valua-
Pile Our immense lumber interests are not
diminished. Manufacturing, commerce anu
fishing protitably employ many thousands
of our population and the capital employed
IN the different kinds of canning of oui
farm productions and food from the ocean,
gives employment to our people, and .
profitable market for our crops, and for our
selves. Speak well of the State of Maine,
for its success and triumphs in all of it,
great interests Speak well of the State OF
Maine for its loyalty TO the Union and the
constitution, for its influence in religion.
Education good morals, temperance, for ii
IS the Dirigo State in these particulars
Speak well Of the State of Maine because il
honors, respects, and is deeply interested in
the purposes and objects, and the declaration
of purposes of the Patrons of Husbandry
for Maine stSRds at the head of the column
of States in number of members, as it should
n influence"
CoNcLusIoN.
| must draw my address to a close, but
cannot say farewell as acting master of the
State Grange without thanking you all most
sincerely for your uniform kindness and
courtesy and devotion to the good of our
!. order during my prolonged term of Office
: which is so near its end, By a combination
of favorable circumstances for which ne
single man should have the credit we have
gone upward and onward, and occupy a
: summit than we did six years ago, when You
elected me your State Master, but there aro
other submits beyond. to which our en-
lervors should be directed. worthy of the
sttentiou of your future leaders. have en-
joyed very much the meetings of the Sub
ordinate Pomona. State and National
Oranges. If have contributed anything to
the upbuilding of our order, / am fully com
pensated, As | look upon the extensive
field of Grange work in the Nation and even
i'm our State, feel justified in saying, you
have the material for the accomplishment of
our greatest triumphs. Let us forget tn,
failure and imperfection of the past, rel
membering only the glories of the rising
sun, aud buckling on the armor of faith